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Thomas Lyle Williams created the first Maybelline mascara using petroleum jelly, coal dust, and ashes of a burnt cork
Babylonians figured out trigonometry 3,700 years ago, and their “simpler” math techniques could help students today
Notable Strongmen and their fascinating feats of strength
The 1920 play “R.U.R.”: The first time that anyone heard the word “robot”
The Greek island of Delos was considered birthplace of the god Apollo, so sacred that while humans could live there, no one could be born or die on its soil
Women workers of WWI: They were vital part of war effort, with the munitions factories especially hazardous, causing injuries and poisonings
The Colosseum opens its top levels after decades of being inaccessible to the public
The Bakhshali invention of nothing, one of the most important concepts in human history
In a place inhabited by polar bears, a scientist finds oldest evidence of life on Earth
The Portland Vase: a wonder of Roman glass work that was broken in 1845 by a drunken museum visitor
